I like "How We Do It" because it is the writings of silent voices The ones we really need to search for in the bookstore. Each author writes about what has been important to get across to their reader. Some of the authors you will recognize: Daniel Black, Jewell Parker Rhodes and Jacqueline Woodson. thirty-one essays written by different authors who are willing to share how culture can ring loud and true. This is no different for the Black writers or authors. There is a unique way multicultural writers write. Thank you to the authors, editors, and publisher for the e-arc copy! There is also homage paid to Black literary giants and many references made to Black literature considered part of the literary canon which I look forward to exploring further. It was a treat to explore the opinions and practices of each writer based on their own cultural vision of the way Black authors remember and execute the art of storytelling. As writers of the African diaspora, each author engages with these expectations differently and on their own terms. I appreciate the way each writer speaks to how these structures can be helpful to the creative process and also limiting in the way the forms privilege Western perspectives. I enjoyed reading the personalized experiences of each contributor as they share their understanding of the craft of writing poetry, fiction, and storytelling in general.Įach essay provides an analysis of the way Black writers both engage with structure, plot, and form while also resisting these pre-established forms in order to create from a place of ultimate authenticity. How We Do It edited by Jericho Brown and Darlene Taylor is a collection of essays by Black writers for Black writers, creatives, and readers. Weaver, Crystal Wilkinson, Jacqueline Woodson, Tiphanie Yanique. Ethelbert Miller, Elizabeth Nunez, Carl Phillips, Jewell Parker Rhodes, Rion Amilcar Scott, Evie Shockley, Natasha Trethewey, Frank X Walker, Afaa M. ![]() Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Charles Johnson, Tayari Jones, Jamaica Kincaid, Tony Medina, E. Ralph Eubanks, Curdella Forbes, Angela Flournoy, Ernest Gaines, Nikki Giovanni, Marita Golden, Ravi Howard, Terrance Hayes, Mitchell S. Contributors include Daniel Omotosho Black, Jericho Brown, Breena Clark, Rita Dove, Camille T. A handbook and a reference tool, How We Do It is a thoughtful and welcome tool that offers direction to help Black artists establish their own creative practice while celebrating and widening the scope of the Black writer’s role in art, history, and culture. New and previously published essays and interviews provide encouragement, examples, and templates, and offer lessons on everything from poetic form and plotting a story to the lessons inherent in the act of writing, trial & error, and finding inspiration in the works of others, including those of Toni Morrison, Shakespeare, and Edward P. National Book Award finalist Angela Flournoy illuminates the pain of grief in all forms and how it can be revealed in the act of creation, and iconoclast Nikki Giovanni offers an elegiac declaration on language. ![]() Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown explores the lives personified in poetry, while Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Trethewey explores decolonizing enduring metaphors. An outstanding list of contributors offer their insights on a range of important topics. But how does one begin the process of constructing a poem or story or character? How do Black writers, when faced with questions of “authenticity,” dive deep into the essence of their lives and work to find the inherent truth? How We Do It addresses these profound questions. Not a traditional “how to” writing handbook, it seeks to guide rather than dictate and to validate the complexity and range of styles-and even how one thinks about craft itself. For centuries, Black creators have utilized oral and written storytelling traditions in crafting their art. While a creator’s ethnicity does not solely define them, it is inherently part of who they are and how they interpret the world. How We Do It is an anthology curated by Black writers for the creation and proliferation of Black thought. More than 30 acclaimed writers-including diverse voices such as Nikki Giovanni, David Omotosho Black, Natasha Trethewey, Barry Jenkins, Jacqueline Woodson, Tayari Jones, and Angela Flournoy-reflect on their experience and expertise in this unique book on the craft of writing that focuses on the Black creative spirit.
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